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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ralphs” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
ralphs113537(None) 
ralph1078741ralph_
alephs1136532_alephs
alpha1049652_alpha
alphas1139512_alphas
alps65529242_alp_s
caliphs1436752caliphs
caphs124515372ca_phs
galahs105512672galahs
graphs124510152gra_phs
kaliphs1634292kaliphs
kalpas124112942kalpas
kaphs144911502ka_phs
palps94719562palp_s
palpus104210282palpus
rajahs16497662rajahs
rales54947492ral_es
ralphed1334362ralphed
ramps96224632ramp_s
rapes75740722ra_pes
raphe104916422ra_phe
raphes115117452ra_phes
raphis114014322ra_phis
raps66247732ra_p_s
rasps74316662rasp_s
rayahs12579192rayahs
salpas85116922salpas
salps74423242salp_s
sylphs1435542sylphs

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551293.29625045.8
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691293.68548491.5
 
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